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Lurie Children's Hospital tackles teen substance abuse with treatment, prevention programs
FOX News Chicago· 18 hours agoThrough treatment and prevention, Lurie Childrens Hospital is working to combat substance abuse in...
US overdose deaths decrease: Reasons and reactions
KNBN Rapid City· 20 hours agoThe number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. It would be only the...
Which states have the worst substance abuse problems?
WKMG ClickOrlando· 5 hours agoA major contributing factor to this crisis is the opioid epidemic, which continues to ravage the...
National Prevention Week recognized by the West Virginia Department of Human Services
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThey are also partnering with the Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH), along with the Substance Abuse...
Authorities seized over 115 million illegal fentanyl pills in 2023
KGTV San Diego· 4 days agoThe synthetic opioid in pill form — which the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control said is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine — accounted ...
Counterfeit pills containing fentanyl flooding the U.S., studies show
Market Watch· 4 days agoThe illicit pills can be designed to look identical to legitimate prescription drugs such as the...
Biden administration begins formal rulemaking process to downgrade marijuana to less dangerous drug
Fox News via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe Justice Department announced that the attorney general under the Biden administration filed to...
CDC: Drug overdose deaths fell last year for the first time since 2018
The Washington Times· 3 days agoThe number of Americans dying from drug overdoses fell last year for the first time since 2018,...
US drug overdose deaths decreased in 2023 for the first time in five years
CNN.com· 2 days agoAfter a steep rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, preliminary data shows that drug overdose deaths in...
Thousands of free opioid overdose reversal kits headed to Washington
Tribune via AOL· 12 hours agoMay 16—Washington residents can now order free life-saving opioid overdose reversal kits through the mail, the state attorney general's office announced this week. Naloxone, also known as Narcan ...